Grand Army of the Republic parade in Denver honors ex prisoners
The Grand Army encampment featured a two mile land parade through Denver with thousands cheering as veterans, including Col. George Randolph and John R. King, received ovations. The National Association of Union ex Prisoners of War elected Col J D Walker as national commander and endorsed the Dalzell pension bill providing service pensions for ex prisoners and widows. A campfire at Broadway park and receptions followed.
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Denver
Grand Army
Mounted Police
George E. Randolph
John R. King
J. J. McCurdy
G. W. Patten
W. R. King
J. E. Gilman
E. B. Stillings
O. L. Moore
G. H. Bradford
J. H. Holcomb
Ex-council of Administration
George W. Cook
National Association of Civili War
Drum and Fife Corps
Illinois
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Michigan
Iowa
Indiana
Minnesota
Missouri
South Dakota
North Dakota
National Association of Union ex-Prisoners of War
Col
J. D. Walker
Pittsburg
John Kissane
Cincinnati
Broadway Park
Gov. McDonald
Mayor Speer
King
Woman's Relief Corps
Spaniards in a panic over anarchist agitation
Anarchistic agitation unsettles Barcelona as tourists flee the city. Police seize a socialist paper for praising a recent bomb explosion, highlighting a volatile atmosphere in Spain's August time frame.
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Barcelona
Spain
Wealthy Kentuckian Kills Brother in Family Quarrel
Louisville, Sept 6. "Cash" Clubb one of the wealthiest men in Henry county was shot and killed by his brother Caswell a hotel proprietor of Pleasureville Ky. The brothers quarreled over money matters and the fatal shooting occurred.
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Cash” Clubb
Louisville
Henry County
Caswell
Pleasureville
Dr Salmon Resigns as Head of Animal Industry Bureau
Washington reports Dr. David Salmon, chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, has tendered his resignation and it has been accepted to take effect October 1. The move ends his tenure leading the bureau and sets a date for replacement.
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DR. Salmon
Federal Bureau
Washington
David Salmon
Bureau of Animal Industry
Bankrupt Junk Man Regains Freedom in Cash Reveal
Jacob Cohen, a Jacksonville junk dealer, was freed from a contempt charge in Springfield after producing 55 948 dollars hidden to defraud creditors. His son paid 50 400 dollars in cash to trustee G J George and guaranteed the rest. The payment, largest in contempt cases, ends Cohen's effort to conceal funds and he returned home with assurances to pay creditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Sangamon County
Jacob Cohen
Jacksonville
Humphrey
United States Court
Cohen
Benjamin Cohen
G. J. George
United States
Yellow fever cases rise on Isthmus and in Louisiana
New Orleans reports the plague waning but parishes still show infections. Isthmian canal commission tallies 30 cases and seven deaths on the Isthmus in August, with one active case currently. Pensacola records two new yellow fever cases in a single house.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Washington
Panama
Isthmian Canal Commission
Pensacola
Fla
General Chaffee Welcomed by French Forces in Chateau Brinn
An American military mission led by Lieut. Gen. Chaffee arrived in France and was greeted with imposing honors by Gen. Brodere and staff. Troops assembled as the officers inspected the line at Chateau Brinn.
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France
Chaffee
Brodere
Chateau Brinn
Home for Babies Assailed in Peoria Case
Peoria Illinois reports county officers opened an inquiry into a city hospital adoptive home run by Mrs Flynn after the death of a six month old child. Six other infants were found at the home amid allegations of careless care and neglect.
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Peoria, Lll
Flynn
Vienna seeks street name honor for Roosevelt memory
Vienna proposes to perpetuate President Roosevelt’s peace mediator role by renaming a street Theodore Rooseveltstrasse. Cedar Rapids postal clerks approve all delegates despite dues while opposing mutual benefit association. Hartford Angiola wins Charter Oak stake heat in 2.09% time. Fulton man Edward Cassel struck by Burlington train fatally.
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Vienna
Roosevelt
Theodore
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
National Convention of Postal Clerks
Angiola
Charter Oak
Hartford
Conn
Zephyr
Peace terms spark mass protests across Japan and allies
Reports from Tokio and other cities describe mass meetings denouncing the peace terms with clashes in public spaces. Police dispersed crowds with some injuries and arrests as demonstrations spread to Osaka and Nagoya. Separate dispatches note Russo-Japanese peace talks and plans for high-level meetings at Sagamore Hill.
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Tokio
Shintomi
Kokumin Shibun
Osaka
Nagoya
St. Petersburg
Far East
Great Britain
Japan
Portsmouth
Witte
New York
Baron Komura
Oyster Bay
Takahira
Baron de Rosen
Sagamore Hill
Routt College First Free Roman Catholic College in Illinois
Routt College, the first free Roman Catholic college in Illinois and the second in the west, was dedicated in Jacksonville last evening. The institution cost $60,000 with the principal donation from William R. Routt of Jacksonville. Springfield reports Sept 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Routt College
Ilinois
Springfield
Illinois
West
Jacksonville
William R. Routt
DIES ON OPERATING TABLE WILLIAM BRYANT HORSEMAN
Cedar Rapids reports William Bryant of Marion Iowa a noted horseman died during an operation for cancer after ether was given hemorrhage of the brain occurred. Dr Wilson faces forgery charges in Shenandoah Iowa relating to $40000. Ohio judge Reuben C Lemmon dies at age 80 in Toledo.
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William Bryant
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Bryant
Ohio
Toledo
Reuben C. Lemmon
Third Case of Cholera Found in Hamburg Business District
Berlin reports 13 new cholera cases and two deaths in the 24 hours to noon, raising totals to 90 cases and 26 deaths as the Oder river area widens and sanitary measures tighten. The Frankfort-on-the-Oder district records three cases in small lumber town sites along the river. In Hamburg the third cholera case to date is located in the heart of the business and hotel district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Berlin
Oder
Frankfort-om-the-Oder
More Lives Lost As Great Lakes Storm Wrecks Ships
Public prints report a severe Lake Superior storm causing at least 24 additional deaths, bringing total fatalities to 39. The steamer Iosco and the Olive Jeanette are believed lost, with wreckage spotted near Huron Island and a lighthouse keeper sighting a sinking schooner four miles north of the light. The Iosco carried 19 crew members and is feared to have gone down with the Olive Jeanette in tow.
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Pegnaming
Mich
Great Lake Region
Losco
Lake Superior
D. L. Hebard
Huron Island
Josco
Cleveland
Bishop Spalding Reported Worse After Illness
Lebanon Kentucky and Peoria Illinois reports say Bishop John D Spalding of Peoria who recently recovered from indigestion may have relapsed into paralysis. Two telegrams to Father O Reilly carried hopeful signs but officials fear a sudden paralysis attack could follow.
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Lebanon
John D. Spalding
Peoria
John Lancaster Spalding
Free love theorist to found colony in New Jersey
Iowa Congregational minister George Herron, noted for advocating free love, says he will devote his inherited fortune from Mrs E D Rand to establishing and maintaining a colony at Metuchen New Jersey. The nucleus is already there with sympathizers housed at Elmwood farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Iowa
George Herron
E. D. Rand
Metuchen
N. J
Forest fires devastate Snowstorm mines and timber
Flames three miles from Mullin destroy the Snowstorm mine boarding house bunkhouse and tents and threaten ore bins as furious fires east of Wallace Idaho scorch hundreds of acres of timber. In Illinois thieves hit four Mount Carroll stores Monday night stealing around 1000 dollars in cash silk goods and jewelry, suspected Chicago gang.
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Wallace
Idaho
Mullin
Mt. Carroll
Sterling
Ill
Mount Carroll
Chicago
Fulton
Signing of the Portsmouth Treaty Ends War Ties
Portsmouth New Hampshire September 6 1905 peace marked by signatures from M Witte Baron Rosen Komura and Takahira as 19 gun salute and bells declare the accord. Champagne toasts praised Emperor Russia Japan Roosevelt amid a formal thanksgiving service and brief secret conference. Japanese cables interrupted typhoon notes say Nagasaki Shanghai mail steamers handle messages.
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M. Witte
Baron Rosen
Komura
Takahira
Witte
Rosen
Portsmouth
Russia
Japan
Roosevelt
Baron Komura
New York
Commercial Cable Company
Shanghai
Nagasaki
Formosa
Not Aware That The War Is Ended
A Sept 1 dispatch from St. Petersburg notes Gen Linevitch reporting Japanese advances along the Mandarin road on Sept 4 with entrenchments begun but retired after Russian artillery fire. It also mentions Japanese battalions with cavalry and artillery in north Korea on Sept 3, with no announced outcome. Tokyo reports a crushing defeat of remnants of Russian forces at Naibutu on Sakhalin after five hours of heavy fighting. Russian casualties are described as heavy with Japanese losses slight.
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St. Petersburg
Baku
Balakhan
Bibiebat
Naomi
Sabunto
Kishineff
Tiflis
Caucasus
Elizabethpol
Shusha
Zangesursk
Linevitch
Mandarin Road
North Korea
Tokio
Naibutu
Sakhalin
Former Gov Black testifies in life insurance probe
In New York on September 6 former Governor Frank B. Black appeared as counsel for the Equitable Life Assurance Society before a joint legislative committee. The panel began its investigations into life insurance conditions in the state.
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New York
Frank 8S. Black
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Joint Legislative Committee
Typhoid in Water Sues Northwestern Railroad at Clinton
Mrs. Jennie Shumake sues the Northwestern road in Clinton Iowa for 15000 claiming her husband Henry, a machinist's helper, died of typhoid fever from drinking water supplied by the railroad. She charges negligence in connection with water provision and links the fatal illness to the carrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Iowa
Jennie Shumake
Henry Shumake
Child Burned After Playing With Embers
Four year old daughter of David Collis of Hanna township Henry county was severely burned Monday evening while playing near a brush pile set on fire by her father. After the fire died out he left, the child moved hay to live coals and her dress caught, leaving her body heavily scorched. Madame Witte's Nephew reports a Moscow sensation as Madame Witte's nephew M Khotansky shot a girl through the heart and then killed himself. First frost appears in Iowa at Creston Union county on Monday but not severe enough to cause serious damage.
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David Collis
Hanna Township
Henry County
Madame Witte
St. Petersburg
Moscow
M. Khotansky
Iowa
Des Moines
Creston
Union County
Palmer ousted as Public Printer by President Roosevelt
Washington September 6 Roosevelt demanded the resignation of Public Printer F W Palmer effective in two weeks. Palmer sought to remove foremen Oscar J Ricketts and L C H Hay amid charges sent to Oyster Bay. Aiming to reorganize the government printing office the president considers successors including Oscar J Ricketts H T Brian William S Rossiter and John Leech in the Philippines.
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Washington
Flw
Palmer
Bowen
Roosevelt
Oscar J. Ricketts
L. C. H. Hay
Government Printing Office
Ricketts and
Hay
Oyster Bay
Ricketts and Hay
H.T. Brian
William 8S. Rossiter
Census Bureau
John Leech
Philippines
State Mission Board Elects Officers at Decatur Convention
At the Illinois Christian Missionary Society session in Decatur on Sept 6, officers were chosen. President Anna E. Davidson of Eureka heads the board, with Vice President Mrs E N Holmes of Peoria and Recording Secretary Mrs J Davidson of Eureka. Laura Thompson of Carthage is Corresponding Secretary and Organizer, Mary Kaufman of Eureka is Assistant Treasurer, and Clara B Griffin of Carthage leads the Young People's Department. Board members include John Durst Mrs Ida Harper and Mrs Emma Ewing of Eureka.
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Decatur
Illinois
Christian Missionary Society
Christian Woman's Board of Missions
Anna E. Davidson
Eure
E. N. Holmes
Peoria
J. ©. Davidson
Eureka
Laura Thompson
Carthage
8. J. Crawford
Mary Kaufman
Young People’s Department
Clara B. Griffin
John Durst
Ida Harper
Emma Ewving
Naturalized American condemned at Stamboul
The criminal court at Stamboul has condemned Ghirkis Vartanian, a naturalized American citizen, to death for the murder of an Armenian merchant on August 26. In Chicago, Abram Morris Pence, a leading lawyer, died of heart trouble at the Hotel Jena in Paris. Paris reports King Alfonso may wed Princess Eugenie of Battenberg despite denials.
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Constantinople
Stamboul
Ghirkis Vartanian
Chicago
Abram Morris Pence
Jena
Paria
Alfonso
Eugenie
Paris
Madrid
Ecclair
Eugenie of Battenberg
Edward
Woman dies after boiling spring fall in Yellowstone
Jannie Wickes aged 22 from Washington, D.C. died in Livingston after falling into a Yellowstone National Park boiling spring several days earlier. Her body was described as cooked from the waist down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston
Mont
Jannie Wickes
Washington, D.C
Yellowstone National Park
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Edward Cassel
Burlingon
Caucasia
Southeastern
Catholic College
Dr. Wilson
Over Score
Bishop Spalding
N. H
Amity
Ana
Christ Episcopal Church
Black
Equitable
Legislative Committee
F. W. Palmer
Bureau
State Mission Board
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